Trump team claimed boxes at Mar-a-Lago were only news clippings  —  The 2021 assertion to the National Archives vastly misrepresented the scale and variety of documents, including classified records, later recovered from Trump's property.  —  Months before National Archives officials found hundreds …

DeSantis sending asylum-seekers to Martha's Vineyard divides Venezuelan Americans  —  Migrants caught in border-battle crossfire in Martha's Vineyard  —  After Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent two planes of mostly Venezuelan asylum-seekers to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts …

Trump's Team of Lawyers Marked by Infighting and Possible Legal Troubles of Its Own  —  Several of the former president's lawyers are under scrutiny by federal investigators amid squabbling over competence.  —  To understand the pressures, feuds and questions about competence within former …

Cracks in GOP emerge over abortion policy and messaging  —  Republicans are squabbling over policy and messaging surrounding abortion amid mounting evidence that the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is hurting the GOP ahead of midterms.  —  Most Republicans supported overturning …

Virginia will block schools from accommodating transgender students  —  In a major rollback of LGBTQ rights, the administration of Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) will require that transgender students in Virginia access school facilities and programs that match the sex they were assigned at birth …

Gen Z Never Learned to Read Cursive  —  It was a good book, the student told the 14 others in the undergraduate seminar I was teaching, and it included a number of excellent illustrations, such as photographs of relevant Civil War manuscripts.  But, he continued, those weren't very helpful to him …

Biden Administration Quietly Steps Up Effort to Close Guantanamo  —  Special representative named to oversee efforts to transfer detainees out of military facility in Cuba  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is revamping its effort to close the Guantanamo Bay prison …

Read the weird email Marco Rubio sent after Insider asked him about Lindsey Graham's abortion ban bill he's co-sponsoring  — Marco Rubio's team sent Insider's Warren Rojas a bizarre email after being asked about an abortion bill.  — The email, which looked like an assignment, included a deadline of September 19.

Yeshiva University Halts All Student Clubs to Block L.G.B.T.Q. Group  —  Earlier in the week, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a ruling to stand for now that required the university to recognize the group.  —  Yeshiva University abruptly announced on Friday that it had placed …

Warnings From Authors Who Track Domestic Extremism  —  Luke Mogelson and Andy Campbell have followed groups like the Proud Boys for years.  They are terrified at what they see as a growing threat.  —  It is rare that a chill runs down my spine when I'm interviewing someone.

Klain presses progressives on permitting reforms  —  The White House is privately pressuring House progressives to support Sen. Joe Manchin's (D-W.Va.) permitting reform proposal, people familiar with the matter tell Axios. … - Some 80 House progressives, led by Natural Resources Committee …

Video Reveals How Russian Mercenaries Recruit Inmates for Ukraine War  —  In a video posted on social media on Tuesday, the de facto leader of a Russian mercenary group explained to Russian convicts how they could earn their freedom by fighting in Ukraine.  —  In a video that emerged on Tuesday …

Rally With Trump?  Some G.O.P. Candidates Aren't Thrilled About It.  —  Whether he is invited or not, the former president keeps holding rallies in battleground states.  It reflects an awkward dance as Republican candidates try to win over general-election voters.

Some Jan. 6 defendants accused of other crimes since Capitol attack  —  The U.S. Capitol attack was a crime unlike any in American history.  But for some of the defendants accused of crimes related to the riot, it's only been the beginning of their legal troubles.